News, stories and behind the scenes from OCTARR: the objects, the artists and the people who keep living heritage alive.
Meet Frédéric Gironde, papermaker at Papiers Ruscombe in Margaux, where paper is still made by hand, one sheet at a time, from linen, hemp and old textiles.
The first map of France made by scientific survey took a century, four generations of the Cassini family and fifty wealthy backers. Nathan Waks on a landmark in the history of mapping, and its connection to DARA.
At the close of the inaugural Classic Cello International Competition in London, 14-year-old Jung A Kim received a prize no competition had offered before: the loan of Nathan Waks’ 18th-century Italian cello.
OCTARR is very proud to present Latent Memory: the first work in Harto’s Memoria Viva series, printed on paper made from Dara, our 350-year-old French oak.
The first in a series of excerpts from Jung A Kim’s debut concert on Nathan’s cello: a program we’ll be unpacking piece by piece over the coming weeks, each fragment revealing a different facet of the instrument’s voice, and of Jung A’s extraordinary gift.
Something new to share: an exclusive interview with Jean-Luc Sylvain, owner of Sylvain Tonnellerie.
In 2006, I was a part owner and CEO of Kilikanoon, a boutique Australian wine brand. I used to receive daily news alerts with wine related content. One caught my eye. It described the recent felling of a magnificent 350 year old French oak, planted by order of King Louis XIV, the famous Sun King.
After a long career as a professional cellist, a new millenium dawned, and serendipitously, I found myself deeply involved in the rapidly expanding Australian fine wine market. Seppeltsfield was a sleeping giant with a treasure trove of ancient fortified wines. Its impending sale was an opportunity too good to be true.
Georges Braque is best known as the co-founder of Cubism with Pablo Picasso at the beginning of the twentieth century. His very late works are little known, as most have never been offered for sale.
“Jimmy’s Cello” is in fact how I came to know this amazing instrument. James Whitehead was an eminent British cellist who had emigrated to Australia after WW II, and subsequently had a wonderful career in Adelaide, as its preeminent cello teacher as well as a distinguished performer. His cello was legendary.
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